Quilt-holding attachment for sewing-machines



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QUILT HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES. N0. 391,081. Patented 0013- 16, 1888.

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\VILEY ROSE, OF EDDYVILLE, ILLINOIS.

QUILT-HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,081, dated Gotober 16, 1888.

Application filed Janun'y 12, 1888. Serial No.2(l0j50. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILEY ROSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eddyville, in the county of Pope and State, of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Quilt-Holding Attachment for Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in quilt holding attachments for sewing 11iachines; and it consistsin certain novel features, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of inyimproved apparatus, showingitapplied to a sewlngmachine. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view showing the track folded. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line was of Fig.1. Fig. 5 is a similar view on line y 3 Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the manner of mounting the rollers on the sides of the carriage. I Referring to the drawings by letter, A designatesan ordinary sewingniachine having my improved quilting-fran'ie applied thereto. The quilting-frame comprises the track B and the carriage O, traveling thereon. The track consistsoftheparallel rails DD,which are made in two equal sections, connected at their centers by hinges d d, and the cross-bars E,secured to and between the rails to brace and strengthen the same. The rails are made substantially L-shaped in cross-section, thereby providing the inwardly-proiecting shoulders or flanges d, on which the rollers of the carriage run. The cross-bars at the ends of the track are provided with sockets e,adapt'ed to receive the upper end of a removable prop or support, F. These props or supports are of different lengths, so that when the device is in use the track will be inclined from the operator, as shown in Fig. 2, in order that the carriage may roll from the sewing-machine by reason of its own gravity.

The sewing-machine is tilted to correspond with the inclination of the track by means of the removable blocks G, placed under its front legs, as shown in Fig. 2.

The track is secured upon the sewing-niachine table by means of the hooks H, having threaded shanks I, inserted upward through the rails past the sides of the table. Securing-nuts h are mounted on these threaded shanks and are turned down against the upper side of the rails, thereby causing the clawsi to take into the under side of the machine-table, as will be readily understood. The track is thus secured firmly to the machinetable and cannot be accidentally displaced.

The carriage consists, primarily, of the 1ongitudinal side bars, J J, and the transverse end pieces,K K. The side bars, J,have recesses posite ends, and on their inner sides they are provided with the sockets O. The upper ends of the standards N at the rear end of the carriage are provided with the transverse bearings n, and the upper ends of the standards at the front end of the carriage are provided with the notches or open-ended slots n. The roller bars P, on which the quilt is wound, are provided at their ends with journals 1), which are engaged in the bearings n and the notches n, as shown. The roller-bars are first engaged in the bearings n, and the opposite ends are then dropped into engagement with the notches n,as will be understood. On the rear ends of the roller-bars I provide the ratchet-wheels Q, which are engaged by the gravity-pawls It, pivoted on the standards below the ratchetwheels, and having their lower ends weighted, as shown, so as to be held positively in engagement with the ratchet-\vheels.

The sockets O on the end piece at the front end of the carriage are closed on all four sides; but the sockets on the end piece at the rear end of the carriage are open on one side. This construction permits the ready application and removal of the stretching bars S, which have their front ends inserted in the front sockets, after which they are swung horizontally to cause their rear ends to engage the rear threesided sockets. The ends of the stretcher-bars are then secured in their respective sockets by the removable pivot-pins T.

In practice the quilt to be finished is mounted on the roller-bars and allowed to hang from and between the same, as shown. The stretching-bars are then placed in position, as just described, over the depending portion of the quilt, thereby stretching the same smooth and even. The carriage is then placed on the track, (previously applied to the sewing-machine,) the arm of the sewing-machine projecting over the inner roller-bar, so as to bring the needle over the stretched portion of the quilt. The machine is then operated in the usual manner to form the rows of stitching or quilting, and after each row is finished the roller-bars are rotated so as to bring an unstitched portion of the quilt in position to be operated upon by the machine.

It will be observed that my device is very simple in its construction, and consequently is not liable to get out of order, and if any part should be broken it can be replaced at a slight cost. \Vhen not in use, it can be put aside in a small space, as the rails are so proportioned that the sections of the track can be folded upon each other without removing the carriage.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. The combination of the track having rails provided With inwardly-projecting flanges and made in sections having theiradjacent ends hinged together, and the carriage provided with rollers resting on the flanges of the track,

whereby one section of the track may be folded over the carriage onto the other section, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the track, of the carriage traveling thereon and composed of 35 side bars, and the end bars having reduced central portions and connecting the side bars, the said end bars having sockets on their inner faces, the standards on the end bars, the removable roller-bars journaled in the standards, and the stretcher-bars reinovably secured in the sockets on the end bars, as set forth.

3. The combination of the track and the carriage traveling thereon, the said carriage comprising the side bars, the end bars connecting W ILEY ROSE.

YVitnesses:

WV. 0. PHELrs, THOMAS J. TROVILLION. 

